Golden Alert issued for ‘medically fragile’ Manchester man

MANCHESTER, Ky. (WTVQ) — A Golden Alert has been issued for a Manchester man who’s considered to be medically fragile. Joseph Felton, 19, has a history of seizures, low-functioning autism and schizophrenia, according to Clay County Emergency Management. He’s expected to be without his twice-daily seizure medication. Felton was last seen around 10 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 12 on Hogskin…

Feeling more like mid-September the next few days before we warm up

The good news is that we could be set-up for an extended stretch of quiet weather all the way through the upcoming weekend

We saw a wet start to the week across Central and Eastern Kentucky as a cold front pressed into the Ohio Valley from the west. An area of morning rain and storms moving through as expected during the morning hours but luckily we didn’t see any severe weather out of that round of precipitation. Another positive is that cloud cover…

Lexington man arrested for alleged threats toward rabbi, Chabad Jewish Student Center

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — A Lexington man was arrested Sunday after allegedly making threats to a local religious leader and to the Chabad Jewish Student Center last week. On Aug. 10, a local rabbi contacted Lexington police about harassing communications he and the center received over several days. The messages contained hate speech and threats focused on the Jewish faith,…

Capilouto joins Big Blue Move-In day

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — The University of Kentucky has been welcoming new Wildcats to campus through its annual Big Blue Move-In that started over the weekend. More than 6,000 new and returning students have the chance to move into their residence halls now through Wednesday. Big Blue Move-In included a welcoming ceremony, which featured the Wildcat mascot, cheerleaders, marching band,…

Man who died after being hit on North Broadway, Loudon Avenue identified

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — The name of the man who died in a hit-and-run crash on North Broadway and Loudon Avenue in Lexington has been identified. Ansean Jackson died of multiple blunt force injuries on Sunday around 12:04 a.m. The 52-year-old was hit on Saturday around 11:20 p.m. Lexington police say they found the suspected driver, Christopher Parish, who’s been…

Severe weather on the way for Monday

Meteorologist Jordan Smith has a look at your Sunday evening forecast!

  Lexington, Kentucky (WTVQ – ABC 36): Good Sunday evening everyone, scattered showers and thunderstorms have been out there since this afternoon and will continue to be possible the remainder of the evening. We still run the risk for a couple to be strong or severe as the SPC still has our entire area under a “MARGINAL” risk (level 1/5)….

Additional severe storm threats on the way

Meteorologist Jordan Smith has a look at your Saturday evening forecast!

Good Saturday evening everyone, we started the day out with rain and thunderstorms… especially across southern and southeastern Kentucky. Most of us then dried out into the afternoon, but some additional scattered thunderstorms are going up this evening into tonight. A couple may be strong and there is a very low threat for one or two to turn severe, especially…

Warm and muggy with a few storms this weekend

It should be a pretty typical August weekend across the area before the severe storm threat increases Monday

It was a quiet and warm finish to the week on Friday across Central and Eastern Kentucky with a mix of clouds and sunshine, although we managed to warm up despite another day with some scattered cloud cover. Afternoon highs reached the mid to upper 80s and luckily it wasn’t overly humid. We definitely had some pretty pink skies across…